last files opened list

[Phil \(purplehaz\)]

At one time I did a registry hack that disabled the recent/last open files
list in the task pane. When I open excel the task pane is always empty under
open. Does anyone know how to undo this tweak so that my last opened files
show in the task pane? Using excel 2003. Thanks.

 

[Frank Kabel]

Hi
try to re-register Excel

1. Close Excel first and
2. On the Windows Taskbar
2.1 Start>Run "excel.exe /unregserver"(no quotes)>OK.
2.2 Start>Run "excel.exe /regserver"(no quotes)>OK.

 

[Phil \(purplehaz\)]

Thanks, but that didn't work. I know it was a registry hack, just can't
remember what it was.

 

[Dave Peterson]

You sure it was a registry tweak.

What do you have showing under

Tools|Options|General Tab
Recently Used File List.

I turned mine off and showed the taskpane and the recent files didn't appear
(and they had before).

Then I turned it back on (to 9) and they started appearing once more.

 

[Phil \(purplehaz\)]

Ya, I'm pretty sure it was a reg tweak. When I go into tools, options,
general, the recent used file list is greyed out. It got that way after the
tweak was applied, so no one could change it. The tweak basicly disables the
recent used file list.

 

[Dave Peterson]

The only thing I've seen that greys out that option is:

OFFXP: "Most Recently Used" List Missing from File Menu and "Recently Used
File List" Option Unavailable (Q284896)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q284896

It's a kb article about using TweakUI and Office XP (excel2002)--maybe it
affects xl2003, too.